Chapter 69: Bent Spoon
“Fuck!!”
Facing the Flamethrower coming straight at him, Qiu Yide lost all control of his expression, then abruptly leaned back.
“Do new Rookie Trainers nowadays have no martial virtue at all?” Qiu Yide cursed inwardly.
He truly couldn’t understand which school taught students to battle like this.
Normally, someone like Lu Li, a flower nurtured in the school, shouldn’t fight this wildly.
After all, the Alliance’s official battle tournaments explicitly prohibited attacking Pokémon Trainers.
At this moment, Drowzee moved as well.
The instant Charmander acted, Drowzee’s Psychic surged toward Lu Li like a truck.
Feeling that invisible Psychic force, Lu Li finally realized how naive he had been before.
He had originally thought that with his Veteran Level strength, he could at least go five-five against Drowzee.
But when truly facing a Veteran Level Drowzee, Lu Li realized his own naivety.
Pokémon from his fond childhood memories really hurt when they hit people.
At that moment, the Bronzong hidden in the dark moved.
An invisible shield instantly enveloped Lu Li and Yu Lili, and that terrifying Psychic dissipated the moment it touched the transparent shield.
Divine ability Protect?
Lu Li understood in his heart, then said to Yu Lili behind him: “Our previous thinking was too naive. This is a Veteran Level Trainer; it feels like this isn’t something we can handle right now.”
Yu Lili nodded, with an expression of complete understanding.
“What’s going on?”
After dodging Charmander’s Flamethrower, Qiu Yide looked incredulously at the neutralized Psychic attack.
“Drowzee!!!”
（It has powerful Energy hidden within, and its Strength is far above mine!）
Drowzee’s terrified voice appeared in Qiu Yide’s mind. Before Qiu Yide could react, the true great terror descended.
Smack~
Just like a small tomato being squashed flat, Lu Li personally witnessed this scene reenacted on a human.
No!
Not just the human, but also the Pokémon beside him.
Bronzong’s divine ability was an invisible attack, even harder to detect than Psychic. Qiu Yide and his Drowzee had no chance to resist before being smashed into…
Not meat paste, but something even more terrifying: a bloody mist.
Anyway, with one divine ability from Bronzong, Qiu Yide and Drowzee vanished. The place where they had battled only left behind a bloodstained Space Backpack and a used Poké Ball.
“Gulp~”
Lu Li swallowed hard with some difficulty, then asked dryly: “Lili, this should be your dad’s Pokémon acting from the shadows, right?”
“It’s Bronzong,” Yu Lili explained.
“So strong!” Lu Li sighed sincerely, his eyes full of longing.
Impressive, truly too impressive.
He had originally thought Drowzee’s Psychic was terrifying enough, with impact like a high-speed truck, but he never expected Bronzong to be the truly outrageous one.
Instantly turning a human and a Pokémon into “vapor,” Drowzee’s Protection mechanism didn’t even trigger—it was just gone.
Normally, when a Pokémon’s Life is in fatal danger, its Life Origin would erupt with Energy once, forcibly putting it into a critically faint state.
But Drowzee was directly gone. Perhaps the Protection mechanism had triggered, but it was useless even if it did.
Gym Level Peak Bronzong was two levels higher than Drowzee, meaning a Pokémon’s Life Protection mechanism is ineffective against Pokémon two levels higher.
Moreover, most importantly, Lu Li discovered his Physical Fitness was comparable to a Veteran Level Fighting Pokémon, but his destructive power was much weaker compared to same-level Pokémon.
“Strange, why would a Veteran Level Psychic Type Trainer only have one Drowzee with him?” Yu Lili wondered.
“Because his other Pokémon are gone.” As Lu Li spoke, he handed his Phone to Yu Lili.
“Alliance wanted criminal? And a scammer at that, no wonder.” Yu Lili took the Phone and realized upon seeing the photograph inside.
Drowzee’s Strength was more focused on utility, and since Qiu Yide was wanted by the Alliance, it was normal for him to abandon his other Pokémon to escape.
Looking at the wanted poster, Yu Lili said somewhat regretfully: “It even has a Bounty, but sadly nothing’s left of him.”
Lu Li nodded in deep agreement.
Qiu Yide’s Bounty was 1 million. For Yu Lili, 1 million was already her yearly pocket money, a sum that tempted her a bit.
Lu Li said: “Let’s see what’s in the Space Backpack. I feel like there should be good stuff inside.”
Finally, the exciting post-battle looting phase—Great Omen of Good Fortune from the Divination.
With an excited heart, Lu Li ignored the nearby owned Poké Ball and eagerly opened the bloodstained Backpack.
Besides some spare clothes, the Space Backpack mostly contained Psychic Type Energy Cubes, and high-grade ones at that.
Skipping those Energy Cubes, Lu Li turned his gaze to the remaining two Items.
A small yellow Notebook and an exquisite Box.
No need to say more about the Notebook; it was probably Qiu Yide’s Training Notes. What Lu Li was truly interested in was the thing in the Box.
Intuition told Lu Li that the real good stuff was in that Box.
Yu Lili beside him was knowledgeable too. Seeing Lu Li pick up the Box, she eagerly urged: “Open it quick and see. Packed in such a nice Box, there must be something good inside.”
Lu Li nodded, then opened the Box under Yu Lili’s expectant gaze.
“Bent Spoon!!!”
Yu Lili exclaimed excitedly.
Lu Li looked at the Bent Spoon in the Box, his heart pounding.
The Bent Spoon wasn’t a Pokémon Secret Treasure, but it was a Pokémon Item comparable to a Pokémon Secret Treasure—though the Bent Spoon could actually be considered a Pokémon Secret Treasure too.
In This World, the difference between Pokémon Items and Secret Treasures was whether humans could manufacture them. What humans could make were Items.
For example, Charcoal and strange incense that humans could produce were Pokémon Items.
While Attribute Gems like Flying Gem and Grass Gem, which humans couldn’t make, were Pokémon Secret Treasures.
The Bent Spoon was harder to classify because Item Masters could make Bent Spoons.
But originally, Bent Spoons were Inheritance Secret Treasures left behind by powerful Alakazam after their Death.
“Bronz~”
（This is Alakazam’s Inheritance Secret Treasure, with Value far above an ordinary Bent Spoon.）
Hearing the words in his mind, Lu Li couldn’t suppress the upward curve of his lips.
The Gap between the two was basically like genuine versus knockoff.
An ordinary Pokémon Item Bent Spoon cost around a million.
But a Pokémon Secret Treasure Bent Spoon cost 30 million! And it was in short supply!
Looking at the Bent Spoon in his hand, the now-calmed Lu Li asked: “Does Bronzong need this?”
If Bronzong needed this Secret Treasure, Lu Li would definitely give it without hesitation.
First, to repay some of the Favor, and second, because Qiu Yide was dealt with by Bronzong.
Bronzong shook its head.
“Bronz”
（I don’t need it anymore; I already used a Bent Spoon at Elite Level.）
At its level, it had used up most usable Pokémon Items and Pokémon Secret Treasures. The Bent Spoon held no Attraction for Bronzong anymore.
“Bronzong has a Bent Spoon on it,” Yu Lili explained from the side.
